Chapter 4: Mending the Heavens (Part 3)

In the afternoon of the same day, a group of messengers hurriedly set out to send the warning of a possible large-scale invasion by the Turks to a few people carefully selected by Li Xu. Whether these people will react as he expected after receiving the warning signal, Li Xu is not completely sure. But he can believe that after this careful planning, his chances of keeping the wolf rider out of the Great Wall have increased.

It's not that he doesn't know that doing so will cause Bolingjun to lose a great opportunity. But the brutality of the Cypriot tribe towards the losers made him shudder when he thought about it. If the other party is allowed to enter his hometown, even if he has the opportunity to take revenge in the future, Asahiko will not be able to get rid of the guilt of conscience. He will always see himself as a sinner and an accomplice until he reaches the end of his life in shame and remorse.

He is not Liu Wuzhou, and he can't do the thickness of recognizing the old hatred as the master. It's not Li Yuan, who is not smart enough to take advantage of the Turkic momentum to coerce his opponent into submission. He is just Li Xu, the son of a hawker from the countryside of Shanggu, who does not have the dragon and phoenix qualifications to soar into the sky and soar into the sky, and will only do what he thinks is right. Take it seriously and never regret it.

When the messenger arrived near Jingshi, Tang Duke Li Yuan was planning to deliver the final blow to Chang'an City. After reading the warning message written by Li Xu himself, he didn't speak for a long time, and his face was as blue as a cloud in the sky.

With the grain stored by the Great Sui in the Yongfeng Warehouse for more than ten years, the rebel army attached to the Li family has reached 250,000 people. And the total number of Sui troops stationed in Chang'an City at the moment is less than 30,000! However, the main general Wei Wensheng died of a violent illness on the third day after being defeated by Liu Hongji, and the character and talent of the deputy general Yin Shishi could not convince the public! It can be said that the current Jingshi of the Great Sui Dynasty is like a ripe peach, and someone can easily pick it if he shakes the trunk.

It is true that the victory of Chang'an does not mean that the Li family will be able to smoothly flatten the heroes and achieve hegemony. But Guanzhong has been the foundation of the emperor since ancient times. After that, the Li family can send a letter to Gu Guandong at any time to attack any opponent who does not like his eyes. And the heroes want to deal with the Li family, but they have to face the natural dangers that have risen one after another such as Huashan, Xiong's Ears, and Kunshan.

"If only the Turks came a little later!" Li Yuan, who was blushing, thought with annoyance. In that way, he can calmly digest the fruits of the recent victory, readjust the strategic deployment, and then push the family to the highest peak in hundreds of years. But the Turks were not willing to devour the opportunity of the Central Plains. Not only are they going south, but they are going out in their nests. In case they successfully break through Zhuojun, I'm afraid the next target will be Taiyuan.

Li Yuan couldn't bear to have his lair destroyed. He could not bear the charge of colluding with the Turks to enter the Central Plains. At the beginning of the army, in order to avoid being attacked on his back, he could temporarily submit to the Turks and promise some humiliating conditions. But the situation is very different now than it was when the army was first raised. At the beginning, he could be completely wiped out at any time, but now the hope of taking over the world is close at hand. At this critical juncture, he could not bear the stigma of a Turkic leader in the southward movement and ruin the reputation of the entire family. The heroes of the world would not tolerate a man who had betrayed the entire Central Plains to replace Yang Guanglai as their new emperor.

Seeing that Li Yuan was angry, none of the other courtiers who were invited to the Chinese army to discuss matters was willing to speak first. The Turkic people's behavior of falling into the well is certainly hateful, but if it weren't for Liu Wuzhou, Liang Shidu, and Li Yuan all taking the initiative to pay tribute to Shibi, the other party would not have discovered that the Central Plains was terminally ill so quickly.

Li Yuan could explain to the people of the world that his promise to the Turks at that time was only a temporary expediency. But morally, since he had signed an alliance with the Turks, he was no longer in a position to prevent the wolf-headed Daxu of Shibi Khan from entering his territory. Not only that, when the wolf rode south, the Li family in Taiyuan should also welcome and send grain and grass. This is their duty as courtiers, written clearly in black and white.

The butter wax spits out a scorching flame, illuminating the expressions of the civil and military officials. Some people are obviously furious, as long as Li Yuan gives an order, they will turn around and kill back to Taiyuan, bring all the grain and grass, and go north to fight against foreign humiliation with Li Xu. Some people have an indifferent attitude, and now the moment of breaking through the Beijing division is just around the corner, and Taiyuan has lost its initial strategic importance for Li Jiajun. Even if it fell into the hands of the Turks for a while, it would not shake the foundation of the Li family. There were also a few people whose eyes were shining, and they were the leaders of the Turkic courtesy. Half a month ago, this proposal could have been seen as far-sighted. And now, God knows who will be pushed out of the way as a scapegoat!

"Ahem, uh-huh!" was really uncomfortable by the silent atmosphere in the military tent, and Liu Wenjing, the military commander, had to be the first to speak, "Our army is about to break the city!" He first picked out the current good situation, "And the day of the Turkic invasion, according to General Li's guess, is around March next year!" In the second sentence, he pointed out the time left for everyone to prepare. If you think about it, there are still more than four months, and many of these changes can happen. Moreover, General Li is also hearsay, and it is difficult to guarantee that it is not some people with ulterior motives who are deliberately spreading rumors in an attempt to confuse our army! ”

If the warning of the Turkic invasion is false, of course all the immediate troubles will be solved. Even if the warning signal is true, Liu Wenjing does not think that the Li family in Hedong needs to rush to deal with it now. Moreover, in his opinion, Li Xu's performance is very doubtful. As the son-in-law of the Li family in Taiyuan, he only sent 3,000 soldiers and horses to join Li Yuan a few months ago, obviously not optimistic about the future of this "Qingjun side" operation. And at the critical moment when the Li family was about to conquer the Jingshi, he suddenly sent a warning signal with no evidence......

Liu Wenjing said it very well, but not everyone was willing to accept his speculation. The faces of the two brothers, Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin, changed abruptly, and their eyes instantly shone like knives. Before they could open their mouths to defend their sister-in-law, Li Wan'er had already stood up, "Brother Zhong Jian is not an open-mouthed person, if he wants to deliberately spread lies, there is no need to block the news within a certain range!" ”

"Ever since I met General Li in Liaodong, I have never heard him lie to people. However, some people, one thing in front of them and one thing behind their backs, no matter what good things they do, they can always find an explanation! Following Li Wan'er, Wang Yuantong, the left commander of the Women's Army, pressed the handle of the knife and said with a sneer.

Standing side by side with him were Sun Hua and Qi Poning. The former was a thief in Guanzhong who came to join Li Yuan, and there were more than 13,000 cavalry under his command. The latter was Li Yuan's old department in the grain protection team, and when he came to join the Taiyuan Army with Li Wan'er, he brought tens of thousands of brothers and the entire Shangdang County as a meeting gift. These three people stood behind Li Wan'er, and they already represented the attitude of most of the heroes in Guanzhong. Compared with Liu Wenjing, who is known as a wise man, they would rather choose to believe in Li Xu, who is not very smart. Although the latter is a bit of a sticker, at least there is no record of deliberate deception.

It was Xiucai who met Bing, and in an instant, Liu Wenjing was suffocated and her face was flushed. He didn't want to anger Li Yuan's pearl Wan'er, so he tilted his head to the side, trying to avoid the other party's aggressive gaze, "Generals, please listen to Liu's words, as the saying goes, when the times change, the world changes......"

"Liu Sima is very wise. But it's best to focus on how to deal with the enemy! Without waiting for Liu Wenjing to give Li Wan'er a proper explanation, Chai Shao, the head of the Ma Army, also stood up and coldly interrupted him.

"This kind of thing is better to believe in it than to believe in it. Yuanji is still young, and he is not experienced enough. If the Turks invade, he and Ma Yuangui will have a very hard time coping with it! Li Jianwei wanted to accuse Liu Wenjing, but seeing that the other party had received enough blows today, he had to change the topic with a smile.

"At present, of course, the main energy of our army should be on how to capture Chang'an. But after capturing Chang'an, we must carefully adjust the deployment! After Li Shimin followed his brother, he smiled and concluded.

"But for the behavior of Shi Danai and Kang Sheli, the last general thinks that it is better for Tang Gong to take precautions as soon as possible!" Hou Junji also stood up and suggested loudly to Li Yuan.

His suggestion was echoed by countless people. For a time, the crowd was indignant, and most of the generals began to speak out to denounce the unrighteous deeds of the Turkic friendly forces in the process of advancing south. Someone simply admonished Li Yuan to eradicate Shi and Kang before they did even greater evil deeds.

Among them, people like Wang Yuantong and Li Anyuan were out of public interest, suspecting that the original purpose of Shi and Kang leading their troops to help the Li family was to take the opportunity to explore the terrain of the Central Plains and open the way for the Turkic wolves to ride south. There are also quite a few guys who are purely taking revenge for personal gain. Especially the several green forest tycoons under Li Wan'er's command, their dissatisfaction with their Turkic comrades-in-arms has long accumulated to the point of breaking out, and as long as they can find an opportunity to kill the other party, they are absolutely unwilling to let go.

The combined subordinates of Shi Danai and Kang Shealy are only a thousand people. The reason why they are angry is not because they are brave and good at fighting and stealing the credit of others. It's because their appetite for loot is too great. Every time the rebels conquered a city, the first to enter the city and plunder must be the Turkic wolf horsemen. They tirelessly fought with everyone for the spoils of war, and each horse was followed by a dozen waddled pack horses, still not satisfied. First, the Turks will not listen to the generals who are not high enough. Second, if the rank of the person who came to maintain military discipline was too high, Kang Sheli would take the lawsuit to Li Yuan, and ask Li Yuan to publicly declare the rights and interests of the Turks.

"If you can get it from me, don't invade the people, and the income from the conquest, the children and jade silks can be had!" This is a letter written by Li Yuan to Shibi Khan at that time, written in black and white, and there is no way to deny it.

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